2011-Daihatsu states that sales of Daihatsu motor cars will cease across Europe on 31 January 2013. 2011-Daihatsu will invest 20 billion yen in Indonesia to build a factory that produces low-cost cars smaller than Dtios which has been launched in India in December 2010. The construction has been initilized on 70,000 square meters in May 27, 2011 and will start operation at the end of 2012 for producing 100,000 cars per year.
It was reported on 31 March 2005 that Toyota would withdraw Daihatsu from the Australia market after sales fell heavy in 2005, in spite of the overall new-car market in Australia growing 7% . Daihatsu ended its Australia operatons on March 2006 after almost 40 years in that market. Daihatsu's operations in Chile where Daihatsu is a well-know brand for its 1970 models such as the Charade or Cuore were also threatened after low sales 2004 and 2005. However , Toyota has started that it intends to persist in the Chilean market now. Daihatsu has supplied cars under different badges to various automakers in the post .
The company currently procides engine and transmission to Malaysia's Perdue which manufactures and markets rebadged Daihatsu cars locally , and sells a small numbe of Perodue cars in the Uited Kingdom . After the launch of Perodua, Daihatsu's Malaysian operations were reduced to concentrate on the commecial truck market , which it markets its Delta commercial chassis to Daihatsu had formerly sold Charades and Miras in the country prior. In Trinidad and Tobago , Daihatsu has had a market presince sinvce 1958 when its Midget Mk.Daihatsu announced on 13 January 2011 that sales of Daihatsu motor cars will cease across Europe on 31 January . This was due to new Daihatsu cars in the Uk, and they do not expect to import any new cars in this interim period.
Electrics and Hybrids
Daihatsu has had a long running development program for electric vehicle, begining with the prduction of "pavilin cars" for the 1970 Osaka World Expo and continuing with the production of gole carts and vehiles for institutional use such as the DBC-1 . An electric version of the company 's Fellos Max kei car also followed , the beging of a series of prototypes The 1973 oil crisis prvided further and at the 20th Tykyo Motor show (1973) Daihatsu dispalyed a 550 W electric tike (TR-503E) as well as the BCW-lll electric car prototype.
Passenger car models
■ Altis / Toyota Corlla Altis, Toyota Camry
■ Applause
■ Atrai (with hybrid vehicle versions)
■ Bee
■Charade/Toyota Vita
■ Charmant / Toyota Corolla
■ Consorte
■ Domino
■ Grand Move/Pyzar
■ Gran Max
■ Materia/Coo/ Toyota bB
■ Midget
■ Rocky
■ Sirion/Storia/ Toyota Duet
■ Sirion/Boon/ Toyota Passo
■ Sportrak
■ Terios/Toyota Cami
Daihatsu showed mor eprototype through the seventies , for insrance at the 1979 Sydney Motor Show, and then joined the Japanese Eletric Vihicle. Association's PREET programe with an electric version of the Max Cure keicar. The programe allowed registered users to the cars a magnetixzed card and charged according and the current hybrid vehicle technology is called Daihatsu Hybrid System , and is mainly used maily in the trai/Hijet Hybrid-IV.
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